Question

Father’s secret

My father grew up in a fatherless home. At that time, the family struggled hard to _   _. The childhood experiences caused my father to be extremely mean.

When we children became knew  that other children got spending money from their parents, we made the ______of ask our father from some.His face turned cold, “If you’re old enough to ask you’re old enough to_____” he shouted. And we went about the neighborhood seeking odd jobs.

There was a period of time when _   _of us had a car, so we had to ride the bus home. _   _the bus stopped more than two miles from home, Dad never met us. If someone _   _, he ‘d say in his loudest voice, “That’s what your _   _are for!” When I went to senior high school, I had to _   _a long way each time I came home. The walk didn’t _____me as much as the fear of walking alone. I also felt that my father didn’t care about my _   _. That feeling was _   _one spring evening.

It had been a quite difficult week at school. Tests and long hours in labs had left me _  _. As other students were __at their stops, I looked out of the window __. Finally ,the bus pulled into my stop, and I _  _off, beginning the long journey home.

On that evening, I saw something gray moving along the hedge(树篱) towards my house. Upon a closer watch, I __   it was the top of my father’s head. Then I knew, each time I ‘d come home, he had _  _behind the hedge, watching, until I arrived safely. He did __ after all.

After that, that spot of gray became my focus. I could hardly wait to watch for its ______movement on my way home. Upon reaching home I would find my father sitting in his chair. “So, it’s you !” he’d say, pretending to be _____.

I replied, “Yes, Dad, it’s me. I’m home.”

1.A. travel         B. survive       C. succeed           D. escape

2.A. excuse        B. point         C. mistake           D. discovery

3.A. waste         B. borrow       C. save              D. earn

4.A. each          B. none         C. one              D. all

5.A. Though       B. Since         C. When             D. Until

6.A. complained    B. forgot        C. arrived             D. failed

7.A. buses         B. legs          C. brains             D. friends

8.A. walk          B. run          C. ride               D. drive

9.A. tire           B. help          C. trouble            D. excite

10.A. opinion        B. grade        C. safety              D. interest

11.A. felt           B. discussed      C. shown            D. removed

12.A. curious        B. exhausted     C. worried            D. delighted

13.A. met           B. singing       C. talking             D. kept

14.A. sadly          B. coldly        C. seriously           D. carefully

15.A. paid           B. stepped       C. called             D. dropped

16.A. considered      B. imagined      C. remembered       D. realized

17.A. fallen          B. left           C. stood             D. lain

18.A. care           B. try            C. watch           D.know

19.A. secret          B. quick          C. easy             D. small

20.A. confident       B. surprised       C. happy            D.angry

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

4.B

5.A

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.C

10.C

11.D

12.B

13.A

14.A

15.B

16.D

17.C

18.A

19.A

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：父亲一直对我们很严厉。向他要零花钱，他不给，让我们自己挣。长大后，我们回家，他从不出来接我们。有一次，我回家时，不经意地发现了父亲的秘密。这时，我才明白，其实父亲很关心我们，只是他有他自己关心我们的方式。

1.

2. to ask you’re old enough to_____”可知作者他们向爸爸要零花钱是错误的，所以选C。

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8.The walk didn’t ____me as much as the fear of walking alone.可知我们每次要走很远，所以选A。

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10.The walk didn’t _____me as much as the fear of walking alone.可知作者感觉爸爸不关心他的安全，所以选C。

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18. father didn’t care about my _ That feeling was __one spring evening.可知爸爸其实是关心的，所以选A。

19.Upon a closer watch, I __ it was the top of my father’s head.可知爸爸是秘密的关注着我，所以选A。

20.

考点：考查人生百味类短文